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"Windows 10 Universal Apps - Part II" by Darren May

Last month we discussed the history of WPF, .NET and what it means for the future. I just scratched the surface of getting into some of the code and details on how to develop Windows 10 Universal apps. I also introduced an Open Source project called Template 10 that provides helpers and templates for building Windows 10 apps. Well, I’m coming back to show more. Even if you don’t plan on developing Windows 10 Universal apps right now. Join us to learn some great C# patterns and who knows you just might leave ready to build the next great app. Please feel free to check out Template 10 on GitHub and bring any comments, questions or suggestions to the meeting.

Bio: Daren May [website] [twitter] [linkedin]

Daren May is the President and co-founder of Crank211 — a company that specializes in designing and building next-level digital experiences. Prior to starting Crank211, Daren was the CTO and VP of Operations for a software consultancy and a practice lead for EMC Consulting. Daren has leveraged Microsoft technologies since the beta versions of Visual Studio .NET and has been developing XAML-based solutions since the heady days of “Avalon” (the early name for WPF).

Meeting Details: The meeting will start promptly at 6:00 PM. Food and prizes are provided.
MEETING LOCATION: Epicentral (Downtown Colorado Springs). View location details (link).

"Windows 10 for Developers" by Jerry Nixon

Windows 10 is upon us. In this introduction to Windows 10 for developers, we discuss changes in lifecycle, background tasks, tiles, toast, and the enhancements to XAML and the tooling. We will also review some new aspects of C# and improvements around .NET Native.

Bio: Jerry Nixon [e-mail] [blog] [twitter] [linkedin]

Jerry Nixon is a Developer Evangelist for Microsoft, teaching and speaking on Windows, Phone, and Desktop. Seasoned in Colorado, his career launched with Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 — he was delivering data-centric solutions while "database developer" was a novel term. He received a civilian Naval Commendation for security work, preceding his work for the Start Up that become Microsoft CRM. The bulk of Jerry's work targeted insurance and finance, especially not-for-profits. For 15 years, he built Microsoft-centric solutions and mobile apps. Today, Jerry speaks on XAML, mobility and Kinect at events, communities, and schools — influencing another generation of excellent, Microsoft developers. To that end, most of Jerry's free time is spent teaching his three daughters Star Trek character backstories and episode plots.

Meeting Details: The meeting will start promptly at 6:00 PM. Food and prizes are provided.
MEETING LOCATION: Epicentral (Downtown Colorado Springs). View location details (link).

"Application Performance Monitoring with AppDynamics" by Jeremy Simmons

This presentation will look at using AppDynamics to monitor and troubleshoot your application performance. Find out how you can deploy and use AppDynamics to monitor Application and Database performance.

Bio: Jeremy Simmons [twitter] [linkedin]

Jeremy Simmons is currently a Lead .Net Developer at Consolidated Grain & Barge Enterprises, Inc. He has 10 years experience developing desktop and web software using Microsoft technologies. He has also worked as a Windows System Administrator, SharePoint Admin and trainer, and unofficially as a Microsoft Technology Evangelist. He has been programming ever since he could reach the keyboard, and coding in the .Net Framework since 2001 when it was in beta.
He has been an active member in the Colorado front range .Net community and member of the South Colorado .Net User Group for the past 5 years.
Jeremy spends his free time with his wife, new son Jesse, and at his Christian church. He resides in Colorado Springs, where he has lived his entire life.

Meeting Details: The meeting will start promptly at 6:00 PM. Food and prizes are provided.
MEETING LOCATION: Epicentral (Downtown Colorado Springs). View location details (link).

"Control Your Data Access with Dapper.NET" with Rudy Lacovara

Most of us have some experience with full on ORMs like EF and NHibernate. If you've ever worked with these ORMs and found yourself thinking "This would be so easy if I was just using straight SQL" then you might like Dapper. Dapper was developed by the StackOverflow guys to handle situations where fine grained control over the SQL and performance were an issue. It's an example of a style of data access known as MicroORM and it's kind of awesome.
We'll go over how to use Dapper, talk about the architectural decisions it encourages, and then take a look at how I'm using Dapper is in a real world application.

Bio: Rudy Lacovara [blog] [twitter] [linkedin] [e-mail]

Rudy Lacovara is an opinionated developer who gets fired up over the most efficient techniques to write and maintain code. Rudy is the Technical Cofounder of Well Data Labs (http://welldatalabs.com) and spends his days creating software for oil and gas companies.

Meeting Details: The meeting will start promptly at 6:00 PM. Food and prizes are provided.
MEETING LOCATION: Epicentral (Downtown Colorado Springs). View location details (link).